# How to change header WITHOUT change of modification date?

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-header-without-change-of-modification-date/45860>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 11, 2019, 6:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-header-without-change-of-modification-date/45860 "2019-07-11T06:50:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![pstein](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@pstein](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pstein)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 6:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-header-without-change-of-modification-date/45860/1 "2019-07-11T06:50:35Z")

</div>

Occasionally I want to change a MP3 header field (e.g. Title or Genre) without changing the modification date.

How can I achieve this in MP3tag?

Is there an option "no modif. date change on header change"?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 6:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-header-without-change-of-modification-date/45860/2 "2019-07-11T06:54:12Z")

</div>

Yes, see the help:

> **[Tags – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/options/tags/)**
>
> Documentation on Tags configuration options. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.

## Preserve timestamps of modified files

Mp3tag will keep the modification date of the files, when writing or removing tags.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-header-without-change-of-modification-date/45860/3 "2026-02-09T12:28:09Z")

</div>